A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene
- Documentary
- History
- TV Movie
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
Cast
Tobias Meister
Self - Narrator (voice)
- Karl-Heinz Leven
Karl-Heinz Leven
Self - Medicine Historian
- Klaus Bergdolt
Klaus Bergdolt
Self - Medicine Historian
Mathieu Da Vinha
Self - Historian
- Harald Seifert
Harald Seifert
Self - Microbiologist
- Klaus Vogel
Klaus Vogel
Self - Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Director
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